USA vs UK vs AUS - Differences and Similarities
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English is not the official language of the United States. It's a primary language. That's why all government forms are offered in a variety of languages.
Exactly. The founding Fathers never saw the need to declare an official language because even back then there were people from different backgrounds that helped in America's (United States) independence, such as the Dutch, French, Black people, and Native Americans. And in the case of UK, because the "United Kingdom" is a union of kingdoms that speak Welsh, Scottish and Irish, besides English; so English cannot be declared an official language.
@@geosophik9369 Native Americans were killed. Survivors were put into “reservations”. They didn’t really help America’s independence.
@@taoist32 Somewhat correct, since there were only a few Native American tribes In Massachusetts and Delaware that joined the Revolution War (such as the Mohicans, Wabanaki and Lenape. And all of them were eventually exterminated and forced into reservations.
Government forms in different languages doesn't prove anything, the government has to accommodate people with their language needs, so if a person speaks better Spanish they would be provided a translator.
Also the government provides forms in that persons native language, so that they can point at the document and say that rule or clause is right there and there's no excuse to not know.
@@simonwinn8757 Ahh, the benefits of living in a first world country. Unfortunately, you don't get that privilege if you move to a poor or developing country because the government cares nothing, and you are forced to learn that country's language, which is a good thing I guess... Been there, done that. And I still get amazed at immigrants in the U.S. that lived for 20+ years and still can't speak proper English.
🇬🇧Lauren🇬🇧These videos were all such a joy to film with my loves! I always learn so much and enjoy sharing things about the U.K.🇬🇧 also just wanna say I did mention about the Welsh language but it was edited out😭
Hii how are you? You are so cool🤗😁😊
Up! Pin this.
Awesome to learn more about England. Keep up the great work with awesome topics and videos.
Love you so muchh 🤗🌷
Good day friend how are you??
Always a fun time talking about similarities and differences in culture with my friends Grace and Lauren!
**And just a note that there is no official legal language in the US. You can hear people speaking many different languages in the US, but English is the most spoken! Hope you enjoyed the video ❤ -Christina 🇺🇸
Yeah some states have other oficial language such as New Mexico with Spanish probably because of the fact that a large part of the western states were part of Mexico but as a whole country there isn’t an official language
@@m.bcupid4179 yeah, right! It depends on the state. For example, Massachusetts, where I'm from, English is the official language, while many states have none~
Yeah that's what i was thinking that US 🇺🇸 doesn't have any official Language.
Christina, you did dance competitions?... What a beautiful surprise! 🙂
East coast have bipolar weather? I guess you haven’t lived in Texas then. Good video as always!
🇦🇺Grace🇦🇺
It’s always so interesting sitting down and chatting with Lauren and Christina to talk about cultural differences. I always learn so much and hope you learned something new watching this video too!
Until next time 😍
Just curious, why is your instagram name "grace is tripping"? 😂
@@martinkhoe4997 aha good question! I have a little Olympus Trip film camera which I use to take photos on my trips, so it’s a double play on words of me going on trips with my Trip! 😋
Awesome video as always. Have a great day, Grace!
@@TheAaronsFamily ah nice.. didn't think of that 😂 kept thinking of tripping = falling 🤣🤣🤣
@@brissyapra thanks for your support! Hope you have a great day too 😍
This trio is my favourite, all three of them are adorable ❤️❤️❤️🇺🇲🇬🇧🇦🇺. Lauren is honest
and upfront and very gorgeous 😍♥️and Christina is soft spoken and classy ♥️love both of them .Grace is also nice and humble
Now I wanna visit Australia and the UK because I'm already in the US because I was born in the 🇺🇸
Me as French 🇫🇷 feels like I got kicked out of the group sad.
English Spears are very friendly
@@Grace-pc6vh Never been to Europe 🇪🇺 ?
I love seeing how different these seemingly “similar” cultures are! Very insightful
Well the US and Australia are British colonies, so of course all three of them will be very similar.
@@Simon-tc1mc true, love this
On the first question though the American girl got it wrong, English is not our official language we don’t have one
I love their trio. Look how comfortably they're talking with each other.
Warms the heart how enthusiastic the Aussie girl was for our Commonwealth links and how similar her experiences sounded to here in the UK (cordial, tea, school uniform etc).
Good day friend how are you??
I just didn't want it to end.... Best trio ever. Please keep bringing them for more interviews. Lauren, Christina and Grace, lots of love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳 they are the perfect representatives of their respective countries, don't ever let them go
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As a southern Californian, i can confirm, it rarely rains and it's VERY common for it to be hot. If you live in southern California it's not necessary to check the weather reports all the time.
We have summer and not summer
Take it or leave it
Southwestern U.S. really, I mean try Arizona's 120+ weather
I would just like to correct 3 little things:
1. The US has no official language.
They have never declared English as an official language because of the fact that the country is built up by immigrants and when the US was first created the different states spoke a wide range of different languages like Dutch, French and German. The Founding Fathers understood the diversity of the people and didn't want to anger people by declaring English the official first language since English was the most common language used by far and not threatened.
There Alt. Right have tried to get English to become the official language but none of their bills have gone through the House. This is one of the few things both the Left and the Right agree on that it would cause more problems than it would fix.
I think Arizona is the only state that forbids schools from teaching in any other language than English. California and Massachusetts did the same until 2016/2017.
2. The same goes for the UK. In fact English isn't even the official language of England. The reason is that until the 19th century English wasn't that wide spread in the UK. Even some Kings didn't speak it well because the Englishmen never tried to force people to speak English. That is the reason why the UK have so many native languages despite being so small (English, Welsh, Gaelic, Scots, Irish, Ulster Scots and Cornish). Now all are official native languages in the UK except English because England has no parliament and therefore can't declare an official language. And why doesn't England have it's own parliament? Because majority of people live in England (84%) so they feared it would weaken the UK as a political union since it would mean that England could pass or block all laws for the UK as they wanted.
3. Surprise surprise, Australia also doesn't have English as its official language. The reason is that when Australia became a country majority was already speaking English so there was no point. Australia is a rather young country since it wasn't its own nation until 1 January 1901.
Yes it is. Fun fact, English IS the official language of the USA, just not at a federal level. 36 of the 50 states have English as the official language. People like to say it doesn’t typically to fit the narrative or don’t really look into at much and just hear that it doesn’t have one. English is the official language of California too!
If UK doesn't have a parliament, then how do you explain the presence of the Houses of Parliament, the fact there are British MPs, the House of Commons and the House of Lords?
@@bryangonzales4198 you do realize federal is above state right? Just because a state declares English as the official language does not mean the federal government declares an official language.
@@braylaphillips4216 federal is not “above” state. They’re separate. Meaning if you’re in California, English is the official language, that’s it.
@@bryangonzales4198 No, the federal level is above the state level. Marijuana is legal in Michigan, yet illegal at the federal level. This means that if the DEA wanted to come in to Michigan and raid dispensaries, they would be well within their rights to. It's also why abortion is legal in Michigan. We have a law from 1931 banning it, but it's legal at the federal level--meaning it's legal in Michigan. If California has English as their official language, then you could say it's true that English is the official language of California. But that doesn't make English the official language of America.
I love the synergy of these 3, please bring them more often
The first question is so much funnier/inteeresting when you realise that NONE of their countries have English as an official language! lol
I just love the cuteness of the girls. Love Lauren so much!! Adore others too!
REALLY LOVE THIS TRIO!!😍😍
Nice to see this trio again.
i love u guys so much !!! its so interesting. Pls make more content like this. Thanks a lot
Actually I live on the US East Coast and we drink a lot of Tea, but iced, I believe Southerners love their Iced Tea also.
Yes very true! Iced tea is more popular in the states for sure 👍
Good day friend how are you??
Southerners seem to like sweet tea. Not tea per say. I do love tea, but in the evening when I'm winding down to relax.
The climate has become hotter and iced tea has become very popular in Ukraine.👍🤗
I guarantee you when they say tea they were only referring to the warm kind. They don’t even know iced tea exists over there. 😂
Great to see this trio T_T My favorite combo!
Great video love you three want more videos from these three
Grace was saying "In Australia, traditionally we have Aboriginal population (not original population as per subtitle)
in Australia, you gotta called them as Indigenous Australia, it's very offensive to be called Aboriginal according to them.
@@DarthMalgusSith_Lord An aboriginal person refers to any indigenous peoples anywhere in the world. It implies that First Nations people of Australia are one homogeneous group and ignores the reality that there are over 200 language families and many tribal groups that loosely form 'nations'. Because these nations don't exist in a Eurocentric format colonialists dismissed them and used the term aboriginal to denigrate the oldest surviving culture on Earth. The Kulin Nation of Southern Victoria has as much cultural commonality with Yirrganydji of FNQ as the British do to the Turkish. A didgeridoo was never seen or heard of in southern Australia and a man of Western Australia never used a woomera, which was a hunting tool of the Eora Nation of the Sydney region. A culture that has managed to not just survive,but thrive for over 60,000 on one the most inhospitable continents on this planet is to be respected. White man came here and we were utterly clueless,relying on indigenous know how and dwindling inappropriate supplies from a foreign land because we were woefully ill equipped to live here.
Welsh is also an official language within Wales 🏴
Difficult pronunciation of this language. It is not at all similar to English. Greetings from Ukraine. I love songs in this language.❤️👍🤗
I’m Danish, and I love to randomly see how proud the aussies are of Crown Princess Mary, haha! We love her too!
Always interesting to learn about other countries and understand their differences. Being an all English speaking countries, for the majority, it might seem quite shocking but come on, they are their own countries where each states/individual regions can differ so much even in a single country and not to mention their different accents.
These vids really awesome...makes me realizes how beautiful the English languages are 👍👍👍
Thank you.One can argue endlessly on this topic.😂👏🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽💖
As an Aussie (brisbane) i check the weather regularly! Storms are the biggest things in summer we watch for
i like that she mentioned what not many do , is here in America we may not be fluent in multiple languages, but we are taught at least one other language in school, and its actually required that you take a language to graduate, ..which most people commonly choose spansh
Only recently (past 2 weeks), started watching these vids.
Have enjoyed all I've seen so far. All the personalities bounce off each other so well. Need to see more of Emily, too👀
It would be really interesting to know the answers of these questions in a Europe comparison video
I agree, it would have been good to see these questions compared across Germany, Spain, and France as well.
I used to live in Brisbane. Love it there!
Best trio💜
I love you gals! Please do more contents
I always thought South Africa (being a South African) was westernized in the American sense. But I've been binging these three ladies and we have very very few commonalities with America. We have a lot in common with the Britain and Australia, language, food and beverage preferences, even though we're a Dutch colony here. Our governmental system and constitution leans more towards the American way though.
The UK actually has no official language though English is the de facto official language. The only country in the UK with official languages is actually Wales which recognises both Welsh and English as de jure official. Side note: Welsh is also the most used of the native Celtic languages in the UK with around 700,000 speakers ( just adding this as Lauren mentioned Gaelic languages but not Welsh/Brythonic languages :P )
The tongue of the natives.
Love watching the video.
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I love Grace's friendly manner 😊 but sometimes she makes it sound the whole of Australia is like her home city of Brisbane. It's not. In Melbourne, for example, a lot of ppl are obsessed with coffee, and check the weather forecast all the time because our weather is nuts. Australia also has multiple languages because we have immigrants from all over the world. Also, many Aussies are cynical about the royal family and think we should be a republic.
Ah the power of editing 😅 I actually did mention all these points during filming, but if they kept everything we said then the video would be 1 hour long.
I hope you continue to enjoy our videos, and maybe you can help me out by continuing to include Melb perspective in the comments! I haven’t visited myself and wouldn’t want to represent any wrong info (I can only say so much from what I hear from friends). Thanks for watching Fiona 😍 - Grace🇦🇺
@@TheAaronsFamily No wukkas 😅
I would go so far as to say Melbourne is one of the best cities in the world for coffee and cafes more generally (in the inner suburbs at least) thanks to many Greek and Italian immigrants. There aren't too many places where you can go to a random, independent cafe and have a high chance of getting a good or great coffee and where there's such a cafe every 100m (or less) on any shopping strip.
Tip for tourists visiting Melbourne: don't go to Starbucks (there's 1-2 left in the centre where they survive due to foreigners not knowing any better). You'll get a better coffee and a better atmosphere in a local, independent cafe.
These cultures are extremely okay
Wow!!🤗⚘🤝
for the tea, its more of a southern thing. we love our sweet tea
Christina held back wisely on the Boston Tea Party
God , i cant stop watch this
I love your chat I'm from Iraq. God bless you all
7:28 Oooh no no no, the UK weather changes all the time especially in the summer there's some really bizarre weather. Also the forecast for rain is always checked, being a tiny island it is sometimes unpredictable, the day could start of sunny but then there's a freak rainstorm at 12pm but the forecast can predict that for us...
8:14 I mean there's a pretty big difference between the summer season and the winter season in the UK. In the winter it will definitely be quite cold, like a long cold period from around mid autumn to mid spring. Then during the summer season, if we're lucky there will be 2 or 3 heatwaves in between weeks of cooler weather and storms. So in the summer iced drinks are drunk, I remember in childhood we would have so much lemonade, Pepsi, juice, squash etc in the summer but in the winter, definitely not, no ice.
A quick clarification: while English is the lingua franca in the USA, the USA does not have an official language at the national level. Some states have declared English as their official language for government and related services, but these states are in the minority.
No they're not , they're in the majority 32/50
Just looked it up, and it looks like the majority of states have English as their official language.
That may be the case, but it just reenforces my previous statement that it is the states, not the federal government that have English as an official language.
@@SubFT Yeah I know but I that's not what I was disputing, I was only disputing this ''Some states have declared English as their official language for government and related services, but these states are in the minority." I was only saying that they're not in the minority.
Fine. I acknowledge your fact. It really wasn't relevant though, because I was responding to Christina's incorrect statement that the US has an official language. I again acknowledge that in my ignorance I stated that a minority of states adopted English as their official language instead of it being the majority of states and territories. Again, whether it is a majority or minority of states that have made English official, it does not matter in reference to Christina's statement. She states that there is an official national language as there is in the UK and Australia, apparently, and this is just not the case. My exposition was solely to clarify the difference between national vs state adoption of the language as official or not. How many actual states have done so is ultimately irrelevant to the point. It could have been 1 or 50. In the end they area not, nor have they ever been national governments, except for Texas for about a decade, more or less. By the way, Texas does not have an official language, not that it matters in relation to the correcting Christina.
Brisbane girl👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽. We can see the rains comming from far away.
Love this trio 😊
Good day friend how are you??
Awesome 💯👏👏👏
CORDIAL. What a wonderful beverage. I have two bottles of it in my kitchen right now!
Good day friend how are you??
Yea in Australia, even as a kid I can remember talking to strangers and they were all really nice
in the uk we have English, welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Ulster Scots also other European languages like polish and French and there's alot of South Asian immigrants so they speak Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi
I love how she said in England its really cold so they don't drink many hot drinks while in Canada we have Ice Capps in all weather
Lauren is the star of the show 🙂
By and large majority of countries have different languages spoken within them but the native language is the official or unofficial spoken .In the US,English has been influenced over time by early immigrants - German,French,Spanish primarily.There are different accents by region and different words to call or describe something in certain states
southern OHIO = we say ~if you don't like the weather ,wait 5 mins... like if we go on like a day trip like say to a concert ,amusement park or zoo when we will be outside for the day its seriously like take a tank top & coat & umbrella too ,if i just go shopping i bring opposite clothes of what im wearing
From Texas here it was really cold one day then it was 90°f
Respect to grace
I drink orange juice every morning but I definitely prefer tea to coffee. Coffee was too bitter to me when I tried my mothers coffee
cup of tea can be called a cuppa for short in australia
I love them!
Most Southerners love our Sweet Ice Tea. I'd order that before a coke with a meal.
I really love chemistry between of these three girls.
Britain and Australia are very politically and culturally similar and the Australians have remained loyal to the crown. America though still fairly similar maintaining similar values and similar laws but there is more variation and a bit more of a cultural rivalry with Britain.
Information for Lauren: There's also Welch 🏴
In Ireland, coffee is kind of becoming more popular with younger people now. In the past 5 - 10 years, a lot of coffee shops have been opening up. But tea is still way bigger. Most people in my family drink 5 - 10 cups per day. I wouldn't drink coffee at all.
In my area of Michigan, the highs get hotter than the predicted high. Even when you check the high in the morning.
Here in Oklahoma (central US) we have to check the weather all the time I’m from the east cost ( born in Georgia spent a lot of my life in North Carolina l) I remember it being the same way! But here it is honestly worse because of the tornadoes that seem like happens year round even though we have only a few months of a break but it isn’t long.
Fun fact - there is no official language of the US. It’s the most spoken language but the US government has never made it the official language of the country
I would like to watch them compare educational systems in the US, England, and Australia. If France, Germany, Spain, China, and Indonesia could join, that would be great too.
I would like to see New Zealand in there too because I know our country has a terrible education system compared to the rest.
Christina is completely right with iced coffee in Boston during the winter… I’m from the area and I would walk down the street to the Dunkin’ Donuts close to my school practically every day in the winter to get an iced coffee lol. Even one year on New Year’s eve my cousins and I went to Dunks to drink an iced coffee. Don’t care about the snow, I need my iced coffee 😂
Haha yess same!! Blizzard or sun we need our iced dunks. It's definitely an east coast thing 😆
Good day friend how are you???
Tea is really popular in the south in the USA, mostly with dinner. Morning ppl mostly drinks coffee. I dont like either.
I liked this video before even watching it.
Three gorgeous ladies
okay yeah, im from britain and i always HAVE to know the weather
I live in Aussie and probably check my weather app 3 times a day, personally I don’t drink it but coffee coffee coffee!! is all I hear people have to leave 10 mins early from home to go to work to stop and get their particular coffee
I live in Canada but I love to do British Accent so much
Americans love their iced tea, BTW...
Just an observation (that is still forming) but I have to say that, in certain ways, Australians are kinda' in between British people and Americans. I love the people of both countries (very much). I invariably sense a kinship to the way Aussies think and act.
For instance, I think that Australians are more overtly independent and opinionated about what role government is supposed to play in an individual's life where British people seem more accepting of how closely government will weave it's way into daily life.
Aussies strike me as warmer and more open with others whereas the British, exercising polite sensibility, seem a little more aloof and reserved, a common theme in other European countries as well.
In spite of it's geographical size, Australia is a relatively smaller country in population and economy than either the US or the UK; it is similar to our state of Texas. I believe that this must have some bearing on this difference.
I want to add here that I love this channel and what you guys are doing. Well done!!
미국 캐나다 영국 아일랜드 호주 뉴질랜드ᆢ얘네들 영어 다 틀린가요? 서로간 의사소통 가능한가요?
🇬🇧Lauren🇬🇧 I am from the UK but from what UK is watching (really american shows) we tend to speak some american words like fries and cookies
Eta nu tengah geulis pisan. Pangmeletkeun lur lah
Christina you native speaker! I like your speech
A friend in Wales said that in terms of military might and overall mentality, it could be said that the USA 🇺🇸 is the son closest resembling the father 🇬🇧.
Canada 🇨🇦 is a well-behaved 1st born, but the USA 🇺🇸 is the rebellious son which is more like the father 🇬🇧 in his prime (which the father hates to admit😂).
Hello Christina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love Love Love from Philippines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@@ChristinaDonnelly
Think compulsory school uniform in Australia was not in public schools in some states (private schools always had them). At least when I was growing up in Canberra it was not required. I think Canberra public high schools become compulsory by 2019.
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southerners are definitely the most open, but if you compare LA to NYC, I would definitely say NYC. imo there's always something to talk about and most people hate the same thing. just like in any city, don't be naive, you can tell who and who not to talk to
The ice coffee is really tasty. After drinking an ice coffee, the body feels very alive. Ice coffee is very popular not only in America but also in Sri Lanka.🇱🇰🇱🇰
Is Australia like Canada where Queen Elizabeth is the Queen of Canada and she has a Governor General for the country and lieutenant governor generals for the provinces who represent her?
Actually in Australia each of the States has a Governor (who represent the Crown), plus the Northern Territory has a Chief Administrator.
^ And the Governor-General represents the monarch at a federal level in Australia.
Love the series! But please fire the new makeup artist.
I want to live in one of those countries 🥺❤️
When she says East coast I assume she means the Northeast. I only say this to state that the South is more than just Texas, which seems to be universally recognized as the South outside the U.S. , and the Southeast and Southwest are VERY different.
There is actually no legislated “official” language in the U.S. More than half of the states have passed laws making English the official language of their state. It comes up in the U.S. Congress from time to time, but nearly every Democrat votes against it as “racist”.
I’m a Democrat but I don’t think it’s racist, especially because you have to speak English to become a citizen anyway
Yeah it's sad when a language is thought of as "racist". Goes to show how deranged kind of thinking has gotten today.
English may not be "officially" the US's language, but does the government really need to say it's "official" for it to be the main language? No it doesn't.
Everyone knows English is the language of the United States.
There are lots of countries without an official language in the constitution
You shouldn't generalize buddy .
Hi how do you do just now finished my work but I thought to see your channel but no time to get to see here I need to pick my your accent soonly if I learnt quickly it is more useful to write IELTS examination more over understood but some small confused here but it's valid only for two years after completing duration non certificate again and again should write exam not only that have to spend more money here I have to pick more phrases as your accent
American here, and I hate coffee, but I like tea, so that is what I drink first thing in the morning. That being said, yes, coffee is the most common drink to drink in the morning.
Indian Reservations (poverty).
Native American (Indian) languages
including : Navajo, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Tlingit, Haida, Dakota, Seneca language, Lakota, Western Apache, Keres, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Kiowa, Comanche, Osage, Zuni, Pawnee, Shawnee, Winnebago, Ojibwe, Cree, O'odham, etc.
Tea is the dominant beverage in the Southern US. It's absolutely not the same tea that British people enjoy, but we drink tea more than any other drink by far.
I don’t see anyone bringing this up but I’m America I’ve never heard the term “Dutch Pay” just splitting a check
She says people are ruder in the east coast of America than down south but Georgia and South Carolina are also on the east coast and in the South.
She should have clarified that it’s the North East that has rude people 🤣 source: I’m from Brooklyn
In the cultural index USA is very high in individualism but also hierarchical, Australia is almost as high for individualism but much lower in hierarchy.
I love them😥❤️
What lovely ladies 🙂 I hope they’re friends now